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Building Capacity for Measuring Development Results. AfDB Approves Grant to RMCs and RECs. African Development Bank. 17 May 2012.

cotonou_online — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:05:19 +0000

The African Development Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a total of USD 13.95 million (UA 9.00 million ) through a grant mechanism on 16 May 2012. The grant will enable the African Community of Practice for Managing for Development Results (AfCoP) to mainstream Managing for Development Results (MfDR) into the policies and strategies of African countries and regional organisations.

The Feedback You’ve Never Heard. How Matters. 22 May 2012.

cotonou_online — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:00:03 +0000

Four leaders from African organizations sat down to give us their frank feedback about site visits from funders a few years ago. I recently ran across my notes from the discussion, and because they offered such good reminders, I am sharing them here. Organization founders from Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Lesotho offer the following important, though too-often-unheard insights from a local group’s perspective. (Pssst, pay attention, donors and aid workers. This is what your partners would tell you if they were given the opportunity to share their “real” feedback.)

Supporting partners to develop their capacity. 12 Lessons from DAC Peer Reviews. OECD. 9 May 2012.

cotonou_online — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:18:44 +0000

The Politics of Evidence. Values, Choices and Practices for Evaluating Transformative Development. The Big Push Forward Conference. Brighton. 23 April 2013.

cotonou_online — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:50:37 +0000

Power dynamics shape whose and what knowledge counts and which results matter in development policy and practice. The Big Push Forward is organising a conference in April 2013 for those concerned with transformative development and the political challenges of assessing what works. Our aim is making participants more conscious of how power plays out in evaluation processes; strengthen their capacity to deal with it; and gain the courage and confidence to navigate political space, maintaining or increasing options and putting pressure on the system to shift demands.

Communicating About Aid. Gerry Power, Impatient Optimists, Gates Foundation. 4 May 2012.

cotonou_online — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:04:04 +0000

Here are ten pointers for those who work in information management and communications about how we communicate about aid.

Understanding poverty and wellbeing. A note with implications for research and policy. Overseas Development Institute. May 2012.

cotonou_online — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:46:07 +0000

This note takes stock of poverty research to date, proposes a set of ‘building blocks’ or lessons learnt in terms of poverty policy analysis and research, and identifies challenges and future directions for research. See also: http://tinyurl.com/cgwcl9w

Improving Development Outcomes With the Use of New Technologies. capacity4dev. 8 May 2012.

cotonou_online — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:42:50 +0000

Action Research for Development and Social Change. Institute of Development Studies. May 2012.

cotonou_online — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:40:15 +0000

Participatory research to achieve social change has a long history of association with development, with recent significant evolutions and innovations in practice. Participatory and Action Research have never been a unified approach to inquiry with questions of vision, aim, and process, and as they extend to more and increasingly diverse contexts, this range of interpretations and approaches will grow. Contributors to this IDS Bulletin reflect on both the theory and the practice of action research for development and social change, as we engage in it today. T

ECDPM Weekly Compass -- Issue 109 -- 4 May 2012

cotonou_online — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:42:27 +0000

-COMESA’s approach to Aid for Trade reviewed -It’s governance, stupid! -South-south platform for sharing knowledge from the field -Overview of EU peacebuilding moves -Figures on savings from increased EU aid effectiveness unrealistic?

How ODI uses digital tools for measuring success in research uptake. euforic. 23 February 2012.

cotonou_online — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:18:22 +0000